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regions, such as the Maritimes, the public continued to refer to its trains and facilities by their old name of the Intercolonial. The CGR moniker ceased to be used after 1918, but the CGR itself existed on paper until the late 20th century, largely due to real estate leases and other agreements. A Privy Council order dated July 22, 1993, authorized the sale of CGR to the
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Although the CGR only existed for a short period of time before evolving into the Canadian National Railway, it was a very visible Canadian railway in World War One due to the large scale of wartime railway operation. Large amounts of rolling stock were lettered for the CGR, although in many
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by the federal government. The CGR played a vital role in Canada's wartime effort, moving vast numbers of troops and supplies. A notable role was the relief and reconstruction in Halifax after the 1917
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for CNoR was instructed to take responsibility for all CGR operations as well. Later that year, the federal government created the
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The deepening financial crisis in Canada's railway industry toward the end of the
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Railway Equipment and Publication Company (June 1917).
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saw the majority of major railways across the country
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Douglas and MacIntyre. pp. 117–118. 29: 529:Lake Manitoba Railway and Canal Company 364:. p. 364 – via Google Books. 361:The Official Railway Equipment Register 350: 665:Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway 18: 855:Defunct Prince Edward Island railways 7: 579:Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad 524:Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway 377:The History of the Canadian National 250:issued on December 20, 1918, by the 637:Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway 605:Alberta and Great Waterways Railway 334:History of rail transport in Canada 561:St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad 14: 519:Canadian Northern Pacific Railway 492:National Transcontinental Railway 339:List of defunct Canadian railways 197:National Transcontinental Railway 455: 318: 304: 290: 687:London and Port Stanley Railway 660:Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad 396:Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 193:Intercolonial Railway of Canada 845:Defunct New Brunswick railways 642:Green Bay and Western Railroad 1: 850:Defunct Nova Scotia railways 825:Canadian Government Railways 571:Grand Trunk Western Railroad 497:Prince Edward Island Railway 479:Canadian Government Railways 201:Prince Edward Island Railway 171:Canadian Government Railways 162:CGR 50-ton coal car, former 20:Canadian Government Railways 556:Grand Trunk Pacific Railway 413:Leggett, Robert F. 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Index


Reporting mark
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Track gauge
standard gauge
PEI

Intercolonial Railway
reporting marks
Canada
Intercolonial Railway of Canada
National Transcontinental Railway
Prince Edward Island Railway
Hudson Bay Railway
New Brunswick
First World War
nationalized
Halifax Explosion
Vince Coleman
Canadian Northern Railway
Canadian National Railways
order
Privy Council
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk Railway

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